Resuscitation
Volume 80, Issue 11 , Pages 1264-1269 , November 2009

Abnormal vital signs are associated with an increased risk for critical events in US veteran inpatients

  • Geoffrey K. Lighthall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Anesthesia, MC 112A, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States. Tel.: +650 493 5000x66756; fax: +650 852 3432.
    • ,
  • Sharmin Markar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States
    • ,
  • Robert Hsiung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, United States

Received 20 April 2009 ,Revised 21 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 August 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.012.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00428-6

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.012

Resuscitation
Volume 80, Issue 11 , Pages 1264-1269 , November 2009

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